Oliver Twist Presentation

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Oliver Twist The Parish Boy's Progress By Charles Dickens Theme Good attitudes can overcome evil intentions, even in times of darkness.The book represents a few other themes:Good vs. EvilRich vs. Poor Presentation byMJ LaGrande, Robert Ross, and Justin Welch Plot Structure Characterization Setting and Atmosphere 19th Century LondonCity is dirty and gloomy, depressingCountryside is described as a safe havenUses imageryHorrid living conditions for the poorLavish lifestyles for the richCharacters relate to theme Style Narrative Approach Ratings If you can read this, you're not paying attention! Connotative and figurativeVocabulary is very wide and appropriate to each sceneUses extreme imagerySmooth styleExtended similes surrounded by other lengthy sentencesVerboseEmphasis supersedes dialogue19th century colloquialismsLight and Dark Author is omniscientSame POV as OliverClear dialogue Robert: 4/5 - Well written, but very long descriptions. Very informative and eye-opening.

Justin: 3/5 - Way to go C-Dog Dickens!

MJ: 2/5 - History Author's name was Charles John Huffam DickensOliver Twist was Dickens's second novelWas originally published in monthly series from February 1837 to April 1839 Conflict: Man vs. society. The book was divided into sections based on his setting. The orphanageThieves Mr. BrownlowMixture of artificial connotation and natural cause and effect. Sense of totality.complex plot structuremany characters mixing storiesThe structure is intentionally loose. The story contains many different stories with different climaxes. The death of Nancy by Bill SikesMarriage between Rose and Harry Oliver had a way to find his mothers identity. Character types.Dickens uses the decisions that his characters make in order to develop his characters.Third person omniscientProvides incite on characters Important traits.Oliver’s innocence Fagin’s greed Believable content. On top of that, no one has been working on this presentation except me. I hope they're ready for the crippling reality check they're about to face once it's our time to present. Plot Structure (...cont.) Plot Structure (...cont.) Characterization (...cont.)